Week one of Spanish study done!!

We have settled into a nice routine here in Xela-quetzaltenanango. Our house family has been treating us well with typical meals and a nice house, I cant say the same for the bed which has obviously been used by many people as it has a huge sink hole in the middle but, what are you going to do- the question mark doesnt work on this computer so imagine there is one there- Luckily we are so tired everynight from all the new words we learned we dont notice the wacky mattress or the OLD pillows, at least they are clean!!

The language school has been great, it is the off season for studying so there are only 3 students at the school, John, Me and one other person!! that is great for studying but the school depends on the students to run the community center for local kids in the afternoon. The program is great but with only 3 spanish students we have alot of work to do to teach the kids in the afternoon. This week we contructed volcanos and today we will do the age old baking soda and vinegar experiment to make them blow up!!! Very exciting.

With the weekend here we have been talking to several other tourists to hear what we should do with our 2 days off. The plan for now is to climb a local volcano from which you can see another active volcano erupt every hour!!! After a big hike on saturday the only logical thing to do would be to find some hot springs to soak in on Sunday and as luck may have it we have found some so, thats the plan but in Central America it is always a good idea to be open to other options so we will see!!! Be Well... Elie and John